---
title: "breadcrumbing · GenZ Decoded"
description: "breadcrumbing: Leading someone on with sporadic attention to keep them interested without commitment. Example: \"He kept breadcrumbing her for months.\""
url: "https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/breadcrumbing/"
lang: "en"
image: "https://genzdecoded.com/og/default.jpg"
---

# breadcrumbing

Gen Z[#dating](https://genzdecoded.com/slang-for/dating/)

**Meaning.** Leading someone on with sporadic attention to keep them interested without commitment.

See it in a sentence

He kept breadcrumbing her for months.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z · this one

    breadcrumbing

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial

    No word for this one yet.

- Gen X

    No word for this one yet.

- Boomer

    No word for this one yet.

- Plain English

    leading someone on with sporadic attention to keep them interested without commitment

// the shop [Shop LOST IN TRANSLATION shirts and hoodies for families who speak two kinds of slang](https://genzdecoded.com/shop/)

## Related slang

- [boo](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/boo/): A term of endearment for a romantic partner or significant other.
- [boo'd up](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/boo-d-up/): Being in a happy romantic relationship or coupled up.
- [catch feels](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/catch-feels/): To develop romantic feelings or attachment for someone.
- [curve](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/curve/): To reject or turn down someone's romantic or sexual advances.

[Back to the A–Z dictionary](https://genzdecoded.com/glossary/)[Open the translator](https://genzdecoded.com/translate/)